Former Edward-Elmhurst Health, Lurie Children’s exec to lead cybersecurity for UIC

Shefali Mookencherry, the former chief information security officer of Warrenville, Ill.-based Edward-Elmhurst Health, will join University of Illinois at Chicago in the same role Jan. 23.

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Ms. Mookencherry had been with Edward-Elmhurst Health since 2020. She had previously directed managed care operations at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for more than 11 years.

“She is acknowledged as a cybersecurity subject matter expert who has fulfilled chief information security officer roles and conducted information security risk analyses and assessments in the U.S. and internationally,” said Matt Riley, UIC’s associate vice chancellor for innovation and CIO, in a Jan. 18 news release.

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